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... half - done , ' is the proverb . But even with this moiety granted as accom- plished , the remaining half - that which includes the ending - has still to be faced , and may pre- sent difficulties as great as those which beset the ...
... half - done , ' is the proverb . But even with this moiety granted as accom- plished , the remaining half - that which includes the ending - has still to be faced , and may pre- sent difficulties as great as those which beset the ...
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... half full of rouge , some pomade pots , and a litter of carved combs , bronze hairpins , curling- irons and tongs , surrounding the polished metal mirror which once reflected the face whose beauty the fair owner tried to heighten ...
... half full of rouge , some pomade pots , and a litter of carved combs , bronze hairpins , curling- irons and tongs , surrounding the polished metal mirror which once reflected the face whose beauty the fair owner tried to heighten ...
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... half in jest you ask A song from me . A simple task , If he who sings had all the youth And freshness of thy maiden truth , To give to words the glow and light , Without which who can sing aright ? But other years than those which make ...
... half in jest you ask A song from me . A simple task , If he who sings had all the youth And freshness of thy maiden truth , To give to words the glow and light , Without which who can sing aright ? But other years than those which make ...
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... half appeared , and got their money . Similar lists have since then been published at intervals of fifteen years . From one of these , it appeared that as to twelve hundred accounts , three hun- dred and fifty - one were less than one ...
... half appeared , and got their money . Similar lists have since then been published at intervals of fifteen years . From one of these , it appeared that as to twelve hundred accounts , three hun- dred and fifty - one were less than one ...
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... half their charm , and the result is that wig - making has now become one of the leading trades - ' arts , ' indeed , would be a more befitting term - in connection with the theatrical profession . The names of some of the varieties in ...
... half their charm , and the result is that wig - making has now become one of the leading trades - ' arts , ' indeed , would be a more befitting term - in connection with the theatrical profession . The names of some of the varieties in ...
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Popular passages
Page 31 - Amen : A second he took she departed what then ? He married and buried a third with Amen. Thus his joys and his sorrows were Treble but then His Voice was deep Bass as he sung out Amen. On the Horn he could blow as well as most men So his Horn was exalted in blowing Amen.
Page 30 - Regiment of Foot, In different parts of Europe, And in the year 1745, fought under the command Of the Duke of Cumberland, At the Battle of Fontenoy, Where she received a Bayonet Wound in her arm.
Page 262 - Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baal-zephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
Page 121 - Dearly as I love the open air, I cannot regret the mediaeval days. I do not wish them back again ; I would sooner fight in the foremost ranks of Time. Nor do we need them, for the spirit of nature stays, and will always be here, no matter to how high a pinnacle of thought the human mind may attain ; still the sweet air, and the hills, and the sea, and the sun, will always be with us.
Page 177 - If a person, immediately after swallowing a solution of a crystalline salt, which tasted purely and strongly acid, is attacked with burning in the throat, then with burning in the stomach, vomiting particularly of bloody matter, imperceptible pulse, and excessive languor, and dies in half an hour, or still more in twenty, fifteen, or ten minutes, I do not know any fallacy which can interfere with the conclusion, that oxalic acid was the cause of death.
Page 340 - Provided that nothing in this section contained shall extend to any second marriage contracted elsewhere than in England and Ireland by any other than a subject of Her Majesty, or to any person marrying a second time whose husband or wife shall have been continually absent from such person for the space of seven years then last past, and shall not have been known by such person to be living within that time...
Page 343 - We were, — a man that writes for Lord Royston ; a man that writes for Dr. Burton of York ; a third that writes for the Emperor of Germany, or Dr. Pocock, for he speaks the worst English I ever heard ; Dr.
Page 31 - Westminster fedd me, Cambridge sped me, my Sister wed me,* Study taught me, Living sought me, Learning brought me, Kendal caught me, Labour pressed me, sickness distressed me, Death oppressed me, and grave possessed me, God first gave me, Christ did save me, Earth did crave me, and Heaven would have me.
Page 257 - ... difficulty. In general, there is a complete harmony in all his parts. His senses are good but not too delicate ; his pulse is slow and regular.
Page 30 - Here lies entombed one Roger Morton, Whose sudden death was early brought on ; Trying one day Ins corn to mow off, The razor slipped and cut his toe off...
Bibliographic information
| Title | Chambers's Edinburgh journal, conducted by W. Chambers. [Continued as] Chambers's Journal of popular literature, science and arts |
| Author | Chambers's journal |
| Published | 1885 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 24 Nov 2006 |
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